"ea" meaning in Old English

See ea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /æ͜ɑː/ Forms: ēa [canonical]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *eah, *æh, from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”), related to Old High German a, ah (“ah”). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *au, cognate with Old High German au, ō (“oh, ah”). Etymology templates: {{unc|ang}} Uncertain, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*a}} Proto-West Germanic *a, {{cog|goh|a}} Old High German a, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*au}} Proto-West Germanic *au, {{cog|goh|au}} Old High German au Head templates: {{head|ang|interjection|head=ēa}} ēa
  1. oh, alas Synonyms: ēaw, ǣa, ē, *hē, hiġ Derived forms: ēalā
    Sense id: en-ea-ang-intj-Ygcq6mGT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ǣ
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /æ͜ɑː/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|ang|ine|h₂ékʷeh₂}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ahu}} Proto-West Germanic *ahu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ahwō}} Proto-Germanic *ahwō, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*h₂ekʷeh₂|t=water}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|ēa|or|ēan|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=ēa|head2=|sort=}} ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan), {{ang-noun|f|ēa|head=ēa|pl2=ēan}} ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|ēa|ēa, ēan|ēa|ēa, ēan|ēa, īe|ēa|ēa, īe|ēam, ēaum}} Forms: ēa [canonical, feminine], ēa [nominative, plural], ēan [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēa [nominative, singular], ēa [nominative, plural], ēan [nominative, plural], ēa [accusative, singular], ēa [accusative, plural], ēan [accusative, plural], ēa [genitive, singular], īe [genitive, singular], ēa [genitive, plural], ēa [dative, singular], īe [dative, singular], ēam [dative, plural], ēaum [dative, plural]
  1. river Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-ea-ang-noun-X1qO2PE5 Disambiguation of Landforms: 4 48 48
  2. running water, stream Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-ea-ang-noun-aYm9KRWT Disambiguation of Water: 2 33 65 Disambiguation of Landforms: 4 48 48 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ǣ Related terms: gārseċġ (english: ocean), mere (english: lake), sǣ (english: sea), strēam (english: stream)
Etymology number: 1
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    }
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        "pl2": "ēan"
      },
      "expansion": "ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēa",
        "2": "ēa, ēan",
        "3": "ēa",
        "4": "ēa, ēan",
        "5": "ēa, īe",
        "6": "ēa",
        "7": "ēa, īe",
        "8": "ēam, ēaum"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "ocean",
      "word": "gārseċġ"
    },
    {
      "english": "lake",
      "word": "mere"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea",
      "word": "sǣ"
    },
    {
      "english": "stream",
      "word": "strēam"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÞonne west fram Tigris þǣre ēa oþ Eufrate þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndon þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "river"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "running water, stream"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "running water",
          "running water"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æ͜ɑː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ǣ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ea"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English interjections",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Landforms",
    "ang:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ēalā"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "a",
            "3": "aa",
            "4": "ah",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Middle English: a, aa, ah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Middle English: a, aa, ah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ah"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ah"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ah"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*a"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *a",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German a",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*au"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *au",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "au"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German au",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *eah, *æh, from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”), related to Old High German a, ah (“ah”). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *au, cognate with Old High German au, ō (“oh, ah”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "ēa"
      },
      "expansion": "ēa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oh, alas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "alas",
          "alas"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æ͜ɑː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ēaw"
    },
    {
      "word": "ǣa"
    },
    {
      "word": "ǣ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ē"
    },
    {
      "word": "*hē"
    },
    {
      "word": "hiġ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ea"
}

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